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I think we all hate the 4" sphere rule!! What's that in 
metric........;-)


On Friday, April 21, 2006, at 08:50  PM, Ries Niemi wrote:

>
> On Apr 21, 2006, at 5:11 PM, Dan Tull wrote:
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>> Is a scroll  an arc w/ an ever increasing radius and a spiral  an arc 
>> w/ the same spacing in between?
>>
>
> I think technically you are probably right.
> I am making my fence, the one with 600 "scrolls" for a public place, 
> so unfortunately it has to comply with the 4" sphere rule.
> And initially I made some samples with a constant spacing  of 3 3/4". 
> This may change, as I get into production- I have yet to make the 
> actual scroll dies, so I may put at least some change in spacing into 
> them, but from an efficient use of material viewpoint, I will probably 
> go with constant spacing for the outer 1/2 or so of the > spiral/scrolls.
> I hate the 4" sphere rule.
>
>
> Ries Niemi
> Industrial Artist
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> http://www.RiesNiemi.com
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